Sound of a Gun Audioslave
SOUND OF A GUN
As recorded by Audioslave
(From the 2006 Album REVELATIONS)
Words by Chris Cornell
Music by Audioslave
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1 (elec.)'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 2 (elec.)'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 3 (dist.)'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 4 (dist.)'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 5 (dist.)'
Gtr VI (D A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 6 (acous.)'
Intro
Moderately Q=96
[4/4] Gtrs I, II
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-15----15----15----15----|-19----19----19----19----|-17----17----17----17-----| |----17----17----17----17-|----17----17----17----17-|----17----17----17----17--| |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-14----14----14----14----|-15----15----15----15----| |----15----15----15----15-|----17----17----17----17-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
Gtr III
<
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-19----19----19----19----|-19----19----19-------| |----17----17----17----17-|----17----17----------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------17\--|
Gtrs III, IV
S S S S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
||------------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------------|-----------------| ||------------------------|-----------------| ||--0h2-0h2---------------|----------5--7\--| ||o---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--| ||----------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|
|
| Gtr V
| W H Q Q
||------------------------|----------3--5---| ||o-----------------------|----------3--5---| ||------------------------|-----------------| ||------------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------------|-----------------| ||------------------------|-----------------|
S E S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
|---------------------|------------------|| |-x-x-x---------------|-----------------o|| |-x-x-x---------------|------------------|| |-x-x-x---------------|----------5--7\---|| |-------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--o|| |-------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\---||
|
| W H Q Q
|---------------------|----------3--5----|| |---------------------|----------3--5---o|| |---------------------|------------------|| |---------------------|------------------|| |---------------------|-----------------o|| |---------------------|------------------||
Verse
Gtr VI
W W W
||--^0--------|-^2--------|-^0----| ||o-^0--------|-^3--------|-^1----| ||--^1--------|-^2--------|-^0----| ||--^2--------|-^0--------|-^2----| ||o-^2--------|-----------|-^3----| ||------------|-----------|-------|
W W W
|-^2--------|-^0--------|-^2----| |-^3--------|-^0--------|-^3----| |-^2--------|-^1--------|-^2----| |-^0--------|-^2--------|-^0----| |-----------|-^2--------|-------| |-----------|-----------|-------|
W Q. E E E Q Q. E +H
|-^0--------|-^2----3p2------|------0-(0)----| |-^1--------|-^3--------3----|-0-------------| |-^0--------|-^2----------2--|-1-------------| |-^2--------|-^0-------------|-2-------------| |-^3--------|----------------|-2-------------| |-----------|----------------|---------------|
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E E E Q
|-^2----2-(2)----|-^0----0-(0)----|-^2----3p2------| |-^3-------------|-^1-------------|-^3--------3----| |-^2-------------|-^0-------------|-^2----------2--| |-^0-------------|-^2-------------|-^0-------------| |----------------|-^3-------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H
|-------0-(0)----|-^2----2-(2)----|-^0----0-(0)----| |-^0-------------|-^3-------------|-^1-------------| |-^1-------------|-^2-------------|-^0-------------| |-^2-------------|-^0-------------|-^2-------------| |-^2-------------|----------------|-^3-------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chorus
Gtrs III, IV
H Q Q S S S S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
|-2------------||-----------------------|-----------------| |-3------------||-----------------------|-----------------| |-2------------||-----------------------|-----------------| |-0----2-------||-0h2-0h2---------------|----------5--7\--| |------0-------||---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--| |---------17\--||---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|
S S S S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-0h2-0h2---------------|----------5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|
1.
S S S S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q S E S Q E. S +E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|-----------------|-x-x-x---------------| |-----------------------|-----------------|-x-x-x---------------| |-0h2-0h2---------------|----------5--7\--|-x-x-x---------------| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|-------0--2--0-(0)-2-| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|-------0--2--0-(0)-2-|
2.
S E S Q Q Q S E S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
|------------------||---------------------|-----------------|| |-----------------o||-x-x-x---------------|-----------------|| |------------------||-x-x-x---------------|-----------------|| |----------5--7\---||-x-x-x---------------|----------5--7\--|| |-x-x-x-0--5--7\--o||-------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|| |-x-x-x-0--5--7\---||-------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--||
Guitar Solo
Gtr III
a E S S S S a E S S S S E S S a E S S S S a E S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----x-x-x-x-----x-x-x---------|-----x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x---x---| |-7h9-x-x-x-x-7h9-x-x-x-7-9-9-7-|-7h9-x-x-x-x-7h9-x-x-x-x-9-x-7-| |-----x-x-x-x-----x-x-x---------|-----x-x-x-x-----x-x-x-x---x---| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +E S S
|---------------------------|------------------------------------| |---x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-|---x-x-------x-x-x-8-x-x-------x----| |-9-x-x-9-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-x-x-|-9-x-x-9-(9)-x-x-x---x-x-9-(9)-x-9s=| |---x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-|---x-x-------x-x-x---x-x-------x----| |---------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------|------------------------------------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------| |--------6--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T
|----------------12----------------12----------------12----------------12-14-| |-------12-14-15----15-14-12-14-15----15-14-12-14-15----15-14-12-14-15-------| |-12S14----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~
|------6-------| |------6-------| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|-15-14-12-----------------------------------------------------| |----------15-14-12--------------------------------------------| |-------------------14-13-12-13-14-12----------------12-14-12--| |-------------------------------------14-13-12-13-14-----------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------| |-------------x-x-------------------x-x-------| |-14p12-------x-x-------14p12-------x-x-------| |-------14-12-x-x-14-12-------14-12-x-x-14-12-| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|
Bridge
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------||-15----15----15----15-----| |----------12-15p12-15-12-15-14-12h14-12-12-12-------||----17----17----17----17--| |----12-14-------------------------------------14-12-||--------------------------| |-14-------------------------------------------------||--------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------||--------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------||--------------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-19----19----19----19----|-17----17----17----17----|-14----14----14----14----| |----17----17----17----17-|----17----17----17----17-|----15----15----15----15-| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-16----16----16----16----|-19----19----19----19----| |----17----17----17----17-|----17----17----17----17-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-17----17----17----17----|-14----14----14----14--|| |----17----17----17----17-|----15----15----15-----|| |-------------------------|-----------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------||
Chorus
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H
|------0-(0)----|-^2----2-(2)----|-^0----0-(0)----| |-0-------------|-^3-------------|-^1-------------| |-1-------------|-^2-------------|-^0-------------| |-2-------------|-^0-------------|-^2-------------| |-2-------------|----------------|-^3-------------| |---------------|----------------|----------------|
Q. E E E Q Q. E +H Q. E +H
|-^2----3p2------|------0-(0)----|-^2----2-(2)----| |-^3--------3----|-0-------------|-^3-------------| |-^2----------2--|-1-------------|-^2-------------| |-^0-------------|-2-------------|-^0-------------| |----------------|-2-------------|----------------| |----------------|---------------|----------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-----|| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-----------------|-------------0-0-|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
Gtrs III, IV
S S S S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-0h2-0h2---------------|----------5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|
S E S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
|---------------------|------------------|| |-x-x-x---------------|------------------|| |-x-x-x---------------|------------------|| |-x-x-x---------------|----------5--7\---|| |-------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\---|| |-------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\---||
Chorus
S S S S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-0h2-0h2---------------|----------5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|
S S S S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-0h2-0h2---------------|----------5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|
S S S S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q
|-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-----------------------|-----------------| |-0h2-0h2---------------|----------5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--| |---------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|
S E S Q E. S +E E S E S Q Q Q W +H. Q
|---------------------|-----------------|----------|---------------*| |-x-x-x---------------|-----------------|----------|---------------*| |-x-x-x---------------|-----------------|-1--------|-(1)-----------*| |-x-x-x---------------|----------5--7\--|-2--------|-(2)-----------*| |-------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|-2--------|-(2)-----------*| |-------0--2--0-(0)-2-|-x-x-x-0--5--7\--|-2--------|-(2)-----------*|
Duration Legend
--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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